| “ | Team Rocket may be dirty rotten criminals, but we're not in the business of destroying children's dreams! At least, not yet. | „ |
| ~ James |
James is a villain from the Pokémon anime. He is a part of the Team Rocket trio, alongside Jessie and Meowth.
Fanon Wiki Ideas So Far[]
With Team Rocket[]
- Team Rocket VS Arukenimon and Mummymon (Completed)
- Bebop and Rocksteady vs Team Rocket (Completed)
- Team Rocket vs Doronbo Gang
- Ed, Edd, & Eddy VS Team Rocket (Completed)
- Pilaf Gang vs Team Rocket
- Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts vs Team Rocket
- Team Rocket Vs Storm Troopers (Completed)
- The Warners VS Team Rocket
- Yugi Mutou Vs Team Rocket
Battle Record[]
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Battle Record
- Wins: 1
- Losses: 3
- Draws: 0
Possible Opponents[]
- Giovanni Potage (Epithet Erased)
- Hugo (Street Fighter)
- Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon)
History[]
In the anime, James is a common member of Team Rocket. During his adventures in trying to capture Pikachu, James is part of a unit made up of himself, Jessie, and Meowth. He is close friends with the two of them, and is known to make personal sacrifices in order to keep them safe, as seen when he sacrificed his bottle cap collection to help Meowth in the episode Meowth Rules!. Born into a rich family with overbearing and at worst, negligent parents, he runs away from home to avoid his forced fiancé, Jessebelle. With a very caring and thoughtful personality, James can sometimes have a hard time dealing with the "rotten things" he and his teammates have to do as members of Team Rocket. He also gives out information on Pokémon whenever Meowth cannot do it himself via Index cards.
Out of the Team Rocket Trio, James is the most emotional and most caring towards others and his Pokémon. In A Hole Lotta Trouble, he told Ash that he just wanted to have a fair battle with him rather than resort to their dirty tricks suggested by Jessie and Meowth. In Training Daze, he takes it upon himself to help Meowth whenever he gets stuck in the Obstacle Courses. In episodes like Sweet Baby James and Once There Were Greenfields, James clearly shows his affinity for his Pokémon. This is also seen in Off The Unbeaten Path and Holy Matrimony!, with his Growlithe and Mime Jr. He is especially careful and cautious with his Chimecho, treating it with additional care and not letting it suffer in battles, just like how Misty treats her Togepi. Due to his great care of his Pokémon, most of his Pokémon like to have physical contacts with him when they came out of their Poké Ball. He also tends to be good to people who treat him well, like his grandparents, as seen in the episode Sweet Baby James. He was also seen comforting May when her Munchlax got sick along with his Chimecho in the same episode.
In Sweet Baby James!, James takes his sick Chimecho to his grandparents, Nanny and Pop-Pop on one of his summer cottages who also tend to May's sick Munchlax. Confronting Ash's group, James asks them to keep his criminal work with Team Rocket a secret from his grandparents. James also reprimands Jessie and Meowth for trying to steal Pokémon while his grandparents are around. James and May are also guarding the sick Munchlax and Chimecho as he comforts May about their caring for their Pokémon. When everyone is asleep, Jessie and Meowth manage to steal his grandparents Pokémon including Mime Jr. as well as both his Chimecho and Munchlax. Angered with his teammates, James then releases Cacnea to stop both Jessie and Meowth from attacking Ash's group. Cacnea manages to knock-out Seviper with a single Needle Arm and eventually blasted both Jessie and Meowth by Ash's Phanpy's Hidden Power and James' Cacnea's Pin Missile combination.
As his Chimecho is not recovering, James is forced to leave it with his grandparents. Seeing him struggle with the departure, his grandparents' Mime Jr. decides to travel with James. After that, James leaves with Jessie and Meowth after he tells his grandparents privately that he was indeed working for Team Rocket and he waves goodbye in tears to them while flying in the Meowth Balloon.
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